2) The book (top page will have the description of the book)
Most of the literature on product realization is scattered in blogs, individual chapters of books, and internal company documents. Until now, there has been no single text that covers the whole launch process from end-to-end. The challenge of product realization is the interactions between the various activities and deliverables. Product Realization is based on first-hand experience with many companies comprising different sizes, technologies, and product development timelines. This book brings together fundamental theories and product development tools with the reality of what it takes to work in industry. Includes examples and stories from industry to illustrate and bring the material alive.
a) Sample chapter
b) About the authors
Professor Thornton earned her B.S.E. from Princeton University and her Ph.D. from Cambridge University. She started her career as a faculty member in MIT’s Mechanical Engineering department. During her time at MIT, her research focused on product development, manufacturing, and quality systems. After leaving MIT, she was a senior partner in Analytics Operations Engineering. At Analytics she worked with over 40 large companies to implement, streamline, and improve their product development, manufacturing and quality systems. As the Director of Engineering and Quality at Dragon Innovation she helped over 30 new hardware startups to transform prototype designs into final products. Prof. Thornton is now a Professor of the Practice in the Mechanical Engineering Department at BU where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in product development, manufacturing, additive manufacturing and product realization. Dr. Thornton is the author of many articles, blogs and two books and is a frequent speaker in multiple university program and industry forums. Her book Product Realization: going from one to a million, is being published by Wiley press in early 2021.
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